River Min, Fukien province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1870/1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1981
Reference:
18759i
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Description

A small wooden temple built on a grassy river bank. Grass in the near foreground. Mountains in the distance. A boy [?] standing by river bank

Publication/Creation

1981

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Lettering

Small Buddhist temple, River Min, China Bears Thomson's negative number: "67"

Notes

This is one of a collection of same-size contact prints made, in 1981, from John Thomson's original negatives. The glass negatives, made between 1868 and 1872, were purchased from Thomson by Sir Henry Wellcome in 1921 and are now in the Wellcome Institute Library

Reference

Wellcome Collection 18759i

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